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True or False? About the same percent of men and women report masturbating regularly.

Response:

True

False

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True or False? Masturbation with a sex toy, such as a vibrator, causes difficulty to achieve orgasm with a partner.

Response:

True

False

Feedback:

False; masturbation with toys often increases a woman's understanding of her body and can lead to more frequent orgasms with a partner. Using a vibrator can sometimes cause temporary tactile numbness, but only after intense and/or prolonged use.

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True or False? It is common to get mild headaches during or shortly after masturbating.

Response:

True

Feedback:

True; benign sexual headaches are a common side effect of masturbating. The frequency and duration of these headaches can be reduced with hydration and healthy eating.

False

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Which of the following tactics were used to discourage males from masturbating in Victorian England?

Response:

Rumors that masturbation causes blindness

Devices that administered pain if a boy got an erection (shock/needle)

Devices that alerted parents if their son's penis became erect (ringing a bell)

Wive's tales that said that monkey-like hair would grow on the palms of boys that masturbated

All of the above

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True or False? The more sex a female has, the less she masturbates

Response:

True

False

Feedback:

False; the more sex a female has, the more she masturbates

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True or False? Masturbating frequently is bad for one's health and should be done no more than 3 times per week.

Response:

True

False

Feedback:

False; masturbation is a normal, healthful practice. There is no such thing as masturbating "too much" unless it becomes obsessive and regularly takes you away from living normally.

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True or False? The more sex a male has, the less he masturbates

Response:

True

False

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Parents are equally accepting of their sons and their daughters masturbating.

Response:

True

False

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True or False? There is more variation in male masturbation than female masturbation.

Response:

True

False

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What area of the female genitalia do women spend the most time on while masturbating?

Response:

The Vagina

The Labia

The Clitoris

The Mons

The Perineum

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